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Final records released by police in Las Vegas mass shooting

Published Thu Jan 03 2019 22:17:23 GMT+0000 (UTC)

by By KEN RITTER

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police in Las Vegas said Thursday they have finished releasing audio, video and written records about the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history 15 months ago during an open-air concert.

The department said that after 34 releases of material since May, officials believe they have complied with a court order in a public records lawsuit about the Oct. 1, 2017, shooting. Plaintiffs included The Associated Press.

"We don't expect any further major releases of either video or documents," the department said in a statement. "If documents are identified that have not previously been released, they will be made available."

Fifty-eight people died, 869 were wounded or injured, and thousands were affected when a high-limit video poker player fired assault-style weapons equipped with rapid-fire devices from the Mandalay Bay resort into a crowd of 22,000 concertgoers across Las Vegas Boulevard.

The material released until last week provided dramatic details about horror and heroism, but no insight about the motive of 64-year-old gunman Stephen Paddock.

Authorities have said Paddock killed himself before police arrived. Investigators believe he acted alone with no broader conspiracy and no link to terrorism.

Transcribed statements from 18 of the hundreds of officers who responded to the shooting were made public last week.

The material came with little department comment or explanation and no narrative thread.

Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo released an investigation summary and declared the police investigation ended in August, saying frenzied reports of other shootings on the night of the massacre turned out to be false.

The FBI is expected to soon release a report including a behavioral analysis of Paddock.

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2017, file image from police body cam video released by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department on July 25, 2018, shows law enforcement officers in a hallway at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino while searching for a shooter in Las Vegas. Police in Las Vegas said Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, they have finished releasing audio, video and written records about the investigation of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via AP, File)FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2017, file image taken from police body cam video released by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department on May 2, 2018, an armed law enforcement official stands in the room occupied by the shooter after the rampage was over at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. Police in Las Vegas said Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, they have finished releasing audio, video and written records about the investigation of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via AP, File)FILE - This October 2017 file evidence photo released by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Force Investigation Team Report shows the interior of Stephen Paddock's 32nd floor room of the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas after the Oct. 1, 2017 mass shooting. Police in Las Vegas said Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, they have finished releasing audio, video and written records about the investigation of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via AP, File)FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017, file image taken from police body cam video released by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department on July 25, 2018, an armed law enforcement official points his gun while searching for a shooter in Las Vegas. Police in Las Vegas said Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, they have finished releasing audio, video and written records about the investigation of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via AP, File)